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Auburn coaches’ role in prayer event draws fire from atheist group
Washington Times ^ | 9/21/23 | Mark A. Kellner

Posted on 09/23/2023 5:26:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

An atheist advocacy group is attacking state-owned Auburn University for the role three of its coaches played in an evangelical Christian worship event at the Alabama school last week.

The “Unite Auburn” event on Sept. 12 was held in the school’s Neville Arena, with the rent funded by private donations. About 200 students were baptized after the event in a small lake on campus, illuminated by automobile headlights.

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze, who formerly helmed the squad at Liberty University, the nation’s largest evangelical Christian school, baptized one of his players that night.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: atheism; auburn; christianity; religiousbigotry

1 posted on 09/23/2023 5:26:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
If it were a fag satanic devotional, those atheist fools (Psalms 14:1) would have kept their stupid mouths shut. If it had been a raghead call to prayer, ditto.

Atheists, like liberals, are doing the bidding of their lord, Satan, in eradicating the influence of Jesus Christ in America.

2 posted on 09/23/2023 5:30:42 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

What a surprise that those stupid about theology would also be stupid about the Constutution.


3 posted on 09/23/2023 5:31:46 AM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: LouAvul

The world unites against Christ and The Lord.

They embrace everything else, but HATE Jesus.

This is exactly how you know He’s Real, as is your faith.

That’s not a coincidence.


4 posted on 09/23/2023 5:32:45 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Someone should tell FFR to bugger off. Adults do as they please.


5 posted on 09/23/2023 5:41:35 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

How many people are in this advocacy group? The media gives them too much power.


6 posted on 09/23/2023 5:41:36 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The God-haters are at it again. Why are they scared so sh*tless of somebody who they say doesn’t exist?


7 posted on 09/23/2023 5:50:27 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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To: LouAvul

I have zero religious beliefs whatsoever but I find it mysterious that anyone would object to another’s opinion on the subject. I think the first amendment is as sacred as the second. No one should force a gun into someone’s hand nor demand it be confiscated. Similarly no one should force religion on another nor should religious observance by another be stopped.

These folks need to get a grip.


8 posted on 09/23/2023 5:51:28 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has already told the group to pound sand.


9 posted on 09/23/2023 5:51:42 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: muir_redwoods

Ditto.


10 posted on 09/23/2023 5:55:38 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: LouAvul

Atheists: Spreaders of hate and despair.


11 posted on 09/23/2023 6:08:17 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

But professors can preach atheism and denigrate religion and faith in the classroom, that’s fine.


12 posted on 09/23/2023 6:19:13 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: alstewartfan

And as they age, their desperation grows more acute. They instinctively know they’re liars, and are terrified of the consequences.


13 posted on 09/23/2023 6:21:01 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

We get CRT and twisted sexual perversion rammed down our throats but mentioning Christian values stirs up the haters’ outrage and indignation like it’s a crime against humanity. To hell with them!


14 posted on 09/23/2023 7:19:01 AM PDT by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Bingo! The depth and pervasiveness of evil made a believer out of me. Satan is real which, for me, proved the divinity of Y’shua.


15 posted on 09/23/2023 7:29:52 AM PDT by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: heartwood

No, they can denigrate Christianity in the classroom with impunity. But the moment they say anything derogatory about islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etal., they are in deep trouble.


16 posted on 09/23/2023 7:40:03 AM PDT by sport
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The First Amendment only limits one group of people; The Congress.

Read it:

Amendment I (1791)
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Individuals, states, and local governments are not limited. Congress is and Congressmen are not limited from having religious objects or expressing religious opinions. Cities, state governments, and Federal lands and buildings are not prohibited from having the Ten Commandments or a cross or a menorah or a crescent moon and star or manger scene. Prohibiting these are a misinterpretation of the First Amendment.

State and local governments could even specify or ban religions if their constituting documents don’t prohibit it.

Too many people have never read the Constitution and do not know that most of what the Federal Government is doing is not Constitutional.


17 posted on 09/23/2023 7:44:21 AM PDT by StrictConstructionist
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

PRIVATE EVENT-—NOT PAID FOR WITH STATE MONEY—

SOME PEOPLE JUST NEED TO SHUT UP.


18 posted on 09/23/2023 8:25:44 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: heartwood

“...professors can preach atheism and denigrate religion and faith in the classroom...”

And that type of professor is very common, even at Auburn, and other deep South universities.

But the Christian event created real excitement. And what a turnout of campus VIPs! The head football coach was there, the head basketball coach was there, and the heartthrob starting quarterback was there. Our basketball coach, Bruce Pearl is from Jewish stock but is a follower of Christ.


19 posted on 09/23/2023 8:38:06 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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